By Jason Leopold
October 2, 2010
This week, in a burst of stunning hypocrisy, President Barack Obama signed an executive order that imposes sanctions on Iran for human rights abuses and targets eight Iranian government and military officials who are blamed for the torture, abuse and murder of citizens who protested Iran’s 2009 presidential election.
Read on.
Saturday, October 02, 2010
Friday, October 01, 2010
What a Burned Pentagon Book Reveals
By David Swanson
October 1, 2010
The Pentagon spent $50,000 of our money to buy up the first edition of Operation Dark Heart by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and destroy every copy.
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October 1, 2010
The Pentagon spent $50,000 of our money to buy up the first edition of Operation Dark Heart by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and destroy every copy.
Read on.
Finally, Israel Lobby Gets Challenged
By Lawrence Davidson
October 1, 2010
Two news articles have recently appeared, each discussing a different approach to overcoming the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobby that presently has enough clout to substitute its own parochial interests for the U.S. national interest.
Read on.
October 1, 2010
Two news articles have recently appeared, each discussing a different approach to overcoming the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobby that presently has enough clout to substitute its own parochial interests for the U.S. national interest.
Read on.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
CIA Analysts Shut Out on Afghan War
By Ray McGovern
September 30, 2010
September 30, 2010
Thumbing through Bob Woodward’s Obama’s Wars, I should not have been surprised that the index lacks any entry for “intelligence.”
Fear Still Erodes American Liberties
By Danny Schechter
September 30, 2010
There is a saying I may be twisting in the retelling to the effect of what you do unto others will be done onto you. In Karmic terms, it boils down to what goes around cones around.
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September 30, 2010
There is a saying I may be twisting in the retelling to the effect of what you do unto others will be done onto you. In Karmic terms, it boils down to what goes around cones around.
Read on.
Our Unheeded Warnings to Obama
By Robert Parry
September 30, 2010
In the days after Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, we published a three-part series warning him of dangers ahead. However, the new President chose to ignore all our warnings. So nearly two years later, it might be a good time to assess whether our concerns were valid or not.
Read on.
September 30, 2010
In the days after Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, we published a three-part series warning him of dangers ahead. However, the new President chose to ignore all our warnings. So nearly two years later, it might be a good time to assess whether our concerns were valid or not.
Read on.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Israeli Commandos Accused of Murder
By Gareth Porter
September 29, 2010
The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla released last week shows conclusively that U.S. citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered execution-style by Israeli commandos.
Read on.
September 29, 2010
The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla released last week shows conclusively that U.S. citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered execution-style by Israeli commandos.
Read on.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Mystery of a 'Disgraced' War Reporter
By Don North
September 28, 2010
War changes – and often harms – not only its combatants but its eyewitnesses, including the war correspondents with their unique job of getting as close as possible to a conflict, reporting what they see, and somehow surviving to tell about it.
Read on.
September 28, 2010
War changes – and often harms – not only its combatants but its eyewitnesses, including the war correspondents with their unique job of getting as close as possible to a conflict, reporting what they see, and somehow surviving to tell about it.
Read on.
Rove's Money Tramples Democracy
By Kevin Zeese
September 28, 2010
In this first post-Citizens United election, voters are the victims of a crime against democracy that the government seems unable, or unwilling, to stop despite it occurring right before our eyes.
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September 28, 2010
In this first post-Citizens United election, voters are the victims of a crime against democracy that the government seems unable, or unwilling, to stop despite it occurring right before our eyes.
Read on.
The Neocons' 'Democracy' Fraud
By Ivan Eland
September 28, 2010
American policymakers love to see purple thumbs in the developing world, especially in countries in which the United States has undertaken “nation-building” projects (read: invasions and occupations).
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September 28, 2010
American policymakers love to see purple thumbs in the developing world, especially in countries in which the United States has undertaken “nation-building” projects (read: invasions and occupations).
Read on.
Monday, September 27, 2010
How Bush Holdovers Trapped Obama
By Robert Parry
September 27, 2010
President Barack Obama trapped himself in the morass of Afghanistan by his post-election decision to show bipartisan continuity and to keep in place George W. Bush’s military command structure, particularly Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus.
Read on.
September 27, 2010
President Barack Obama trapped himself in the morass of Afghanistan by his post-election decision to show bipartisan continuity and to keep in place George W. Bush’s military command structure, particularly Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus.
Read on.
Must Christianity Dominate America?
By the Rev. Howard Bess
September 27, 2010
One of the great sins of Christianity over the centuries is that it has sought dominance over believers in other religions as well as non-believers.
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September 27, 2010
One of the great sins of Christianity over the centuries is that it has sought dominance over believers in other religions as well as non-believers.
Read on.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Big Media Won't Forgive Colbert
By Jeff Cohen
September 26, 2010
Let's face it: Some in the Washington press corps still resent Stephen Colbert because he so brilliantly lampooned them to their faces at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner over their coziness with the Bush White House.
Read on.
September 26, 2010
Let's face it: Some in the Washington press corps still resent Stephen Colbert because he so brilliantly lampooned them to their faces at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner over their coziness with the Bush White House.
Read on.
New FBI Raids in 'War on Dissent'
By Coleen Rowley
September 26, 2010
The war on dissent, rather than terrorism, continued full steam with FBI SWAT teams breaking down doors at 7 a.m. Friday morning and raiding the homes of several anti-war leaders and activists in Minneapolis, Chicago and possibly a couple other Midwest cities.
Read on.
September 26, 2010
The war on dissent, rather than terrorism, continued full steam with FBI SWAT teams breaking down doors at 7 a.m. Friday morning and raiding the homes of several anti-war leaders and activists in Minneapolis, Chicago and possibly a couple other Midwest cities.
Read on.
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